Friday, August 22, 2014

Volcanic ash a dangerous enemy to jet engine airplanes

Volcanic ash a dangerous enemy to jet engine airplanes

Again, the pilots managed to restart them in time to make a safe landing. On December 15, 1989 a KLM Boeing 747 was descending to land in Anchorage, Alaska. It was around 27,000 feet when it flew into volcanic ash from the Redoubt Volcano, approximately ...

Alaska serial killer Robert Hansen dies at 75

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Convicted Alaska serial killer Robert Hansen, who hunted down women in the Alaska wilderness in the 1970s as Anchorage boomed with construction of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline, died Thursday. He was 75. Alaska Department of ...

Ex-Marine waives extradition from Alaska

He was arrested in Anchorage on Sunday, a day after 19-year-old Erin Corwin's body was found 140 feet down a mine shaft near Twentynine Palms — where her Marine husband is stationed. Authorities say Lee admitted conducting Internet searches on human body ...

Man accused of killing Marine's wife to be extradited from Alaska

Christopher Brandon Lee, 24, was arrested about 10 p.m. Sunday in Anchorage on suspicion of killing 19-year-old Erin Corwin after search crews found her body the day before in the mine shaft. San Bernardino County prosecutors have since filed charges ...

Anchorage kicks off new port work; $300M needed to finish

The Municipality of Anchorage officially hit the reset button on its port project Aug. 18 with the kickoff of a weeklong design work session. Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan told a group of nearly 50 stakeholders gathered at the Port of Anchorage offices that ...

SAN BERNARDINO: Suspect in Corwin slaying gives up fight to avoid return

Lee waived extradition Thursday morning, Aug. 21, in district court in Anchorage, Alaska. Anchorage Deputy District Attorney Clint Campion said Lee, who had previously fought extradition, changed his mind after consulting with an attorney in California.